Ball Of The Century

The Ball of the Century, also referred to as the Gatting Ball or simply That Ball, is the name given to a cricket delivery bowled by Australian spin bowler Shane Warne to English batsman Mike Gatting on 4 June 1993, the second day of the first Test of the 1993 Ashes , at Old Trafford in Manchester. With his first ball against England, in his first Ashes Test, Warne produced a spectacular delivery that bowled Gatting out. It became recognised as being of considerable significance in not just the context of the match or , but in cricket in general in that it signalled the revival of leg spin bowling.